Geoege blythe



(No Model.)

G.BL YTHE.

GAR COUPLING. I

No. 296,665. Patented Apr. 8,1884;

part thereof.

UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,665, dated April 8,1884,

Application filed January 30, 1834. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEO. BLYTHE, of Chillicothe, county of Livingstonand State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCar-Couplers; and I do hereby declare-that the following is a full,clear, and

exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a My invention relates toimprovements in car-couplers; and the objects of my invention are,first, to provide means to couple cars without danger to the personcoupling them; second, to uncouple the cars with the least possibletrouble. I attain these objects by the mechanism sh own in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing myinvention in use, the couplingpin being down. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of my invention.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts in all the views.

A is an inclined table hollowed in the middle to guide the approachinglink, and poised in front of the draw-head in such a manner as to bepushed down and out of the way to prevent its being jammed.

B B are lever-arms attached to the inclined table and to the front ofthe car in any suitable place.

O C are suspenders attached to the leverarms and the bail D.

D is a bail fastened firmly to the coupling pin rod E by means of aset-screw, so as to allow of adjustment.

E is a rod having at its lower end a coupling-pin, F, also the bails Dand G, and its upper end moving in a slot.

F is a coupling-pin moving through the draw-head H.

G is a bail at the upper part of the rod E, having a set-screw for thepurpose of regulating the rise of the rod.

H is a draw-head having holes orslots in the top and bottom for the pinF to pass through.

I I are pulleys, carrying the chain K.

K is a chain attached to the bail D in the manner shown; also thependants K K.

K K are pendants attached to the chain .K and passing to the sides arefastened there,

for the purpose hereinafter described and claimed.

When desired to operate the invention, the chain K (or pendants K K) ispulled, and thereby raises the rod E and the table A by means of thesuspenders O 0. As the car to be coupled approaches, the link it carriesis received upon and guided by the table A into the draw-head H, and asthe table A is forced backward by the collision the coupling-pin, bymeans of the suspenders O O, is made to engage the link, thus fasteningthe cars together. To uncouple the car while on the ground you pull thechain K, attached to the pin,and release the link. If on top of car,thependant K is used.

Now having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of the incline table A, having the lever-arms B, thesuspenders 0, attached to the bail D, and the pin F, substantiall y asand for the purpose set forth and described.

2. The chain K and pendants K K, for the purpose substantially as setforth. 3. The pin F, set in the guide-bar E, which moves in frame L,substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of the inclined table A, lever-arms B B, suspenders OG, coupling-pin F, chain K, and pendants K K, substantially as setforth.

5. The bail D, having downward-pending eyelets on either side, and annpwardpending one on the rear side, provided in front with a. set-screw,substantially as and for the purpose set forth and described.

6. The combination of the pin F, bar E, bail D, pendants K and K,pulleys I I, with table A, lever-arms B, and suspenders 0, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing Iappend my signature.

GEORGE BLYTHE. Witnesses.

G. B. J. MGINTRUFF, R. BARNEY.

